Tag Archive: Lower Back Pain

One of the most common conditions Chiropractors are known to successfully treat, as most of you probably know already, is lower back pain. You can read my post on Low Back Pain which will give you, in detail, what the facts and statistics on the causes of lower back pain are, how common a problem…

The other day I put together a short welcome video for the About page. And I’d thought share it with you, my readers, first. Enjoy! Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] What did you think? When you get…

Backpack Safety Tips. Here are four guidelines for proper backpack use: 1. Choose Right — Choosing the correct sized backpack is an important first step to safe backpack use. The backpack should not be larger than three quarters of the length of a child’s back. The shoulder straps should be padded and a waist strap…

Backpacks’ Attack On Backs. Watch children in any schoolyard struggle to walk while bent sideways under the weight of an overloaded backpack on one shoulder. You will quickly realize the potential danger of this commonplace item. How exactly does carrying a backpack affect the spine? Common sense tells us that a load distributed improperly or…

Pain of any kind, at any age, is a sign that something isn’t right. Pain is the way your body signals that a limit has been reached or a problem has developed. Since we can adapt, minor aches and pains are often shrugged off. While they may go away, if the underlying problem remains unattended,…

Sciatica describes persistent pain felt along the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back, down through the buttock, and into the lower leg. The sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in the body, running from the lower back through the buttocks and down the back of each leg. It controls the muscles…

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